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it could increase deficits in the second decade. >> i think it will be the opposite. it will generate more revenue. add $700 billion in new revenues to help us pay down the debt. cuts can getending us to a balanced budget. >> you think by the second decade it will raise revenues because of the dynamics. >> in the first decade. >> you drew a parallel to the 1986 tax reform under president reagan. one of the differences is that under that measure, the earned income tax credit for the poor was vastly expanded. under this proposal it would be cut back. ofoman making a minimum wage $17,000, she will lose $2000 in 4-5 years. should the poor have to pay the burden? >> they do not. everyone making up to $100,000 sees a tax cut. and, average family takes home -- >> that is cut back a little bit. >> it is not. in my view, it was supposed to offset the payroll tax. unfortunately it has gone beyond that. it is refocus back on making sure p road taxes are offset. more families have that opportunity, and it is a create that poverty trap where the harder you work, the more you are p
it could increase deficits in the second decade. >> i think it will be the opposite. it will generate more revenue. add $700 billion in new revenues to help us pay down the debt. cuts can getending us to a balanced budget. >> you think by the second decade it will raise revenues because of the dynamics. >> in the first decade. >> you drew a parallel to the 1986 tax reform under president reagan. one of the differences is that under that measure, the earned income tax...
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at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class, or continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it is here and in the years to come as president. thank you very much, everybody. michael? >> do you have any response to president putin's press conference? is chancellor merkel right that he has lost touch with reality? >> i have not spoken to him since i spoke to him this past weekend. but obviously, me and my national security team have been watching events unfolding in ukraine very closely. i met with them again today. as many of you know, john kerry is in key avenue as we speak, at my direction. as we speak, at my direction, with full support for the ukrainian people. we have been working with our partners and the imf to build support for a package that helps to stabilize ukraine'
at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class, or continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it is here and in the years to come as president. thank you very much, everybody. michael?...
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their plan called for the deficit $819 billion in 2013. what was the deficit for 2013? >> $680 billion. >> well, that is much less than what simpson bowles projected sit not? >> it is. >> so last year, 2013, president obama exceeded the deficit reduction goal of simpson bowles of $139 billion. am i correct? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir i would have to look at what numbers they have at what years. >> do you know what the number will be? >> it is 2016 and it will be 531. gee have to look at these numbers. give the president and this administration some credit. i have been pretty tough on them. give them some cd. they did something else. they did something that bass wa positionti positive. but you are never going to give any credit to anybody except the pat on the back at the christmas party. superintendant th isn't that wonderful? >> does this plan raise the age for social security? >> no, sir. >> does it change the measure of inflation for social security? >> so this administration has managed to reduce the deficit in 2013 below bowles simpson to social security. >> so now w
their plan called for the deficit $819 billion in 2013. what was the deficit for 2013? >> $680 billion. >> well, that is much less than what simpson bowles projected sit not? >> it is. >> so last year, 2013, president obama exceeded the deficit reduction goal of simpson bowles of $139 billion. am i correct? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir i would have to look at what numbers they have at what years. >> do you know what the number will be? >> it is 2016...
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reducing deficits as a share of g.d.p. to 1.6% by 2024 and with regard to the issue of stabilizing our debt to g.d.p. ratio, that occurs in 2015, and then we start a declining path. the budget shows the president's vision for moving the country forward. it provides a responsible, balanced and concrete plan that can serve as a guide for congress and its work in the upcoming year. thank you. >> thank you. my role is to present the economic forecast that underpins the budget. the administration projects that economic growth will strengthen over the next several years as the economy continues to return to the full utilization of all its resources. the ongoing recovery will be aided by several factors. the overall shift of fiscal policy towards a more neutral stance, progress in household deleveraging, including gains in housing and stock market wealth and further potential for home building. this near-term recovery is consistent with c.b.o. which projects a similar pace of growth over the next three years. we assume that the g
reducing deficits as a share of g.d.p. to 1.6% by 2024 and with regard to the issue of stabilizing our debt to g.d.p. ratio, that occurs in 2015, and then we start a declining path. the budget shows the president's vision for moving the country forward. it provides a responsible, balanced and concrete plan that can serve as a guide for congress and its work in the upcoming year. thank you. >> thank you. my role is to present the economic forecast that underpins the budget. the...
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i think it is important to put in perspective that the budget deficit is not being driven by spending on domestic programs like this. it is driven by a slow economy. >> certainly entitlements. >> no. >> 60 percent of it. >> alisyn. that was my next point. but this is different from medicare and social security right? you look at the overall budget it is misleading for the republicans to tell the american people if they can get the budget deficit in better shape by cutting programs. it is it a very, very small part of the overall budget. we can always make government work better and i trust paul ryan is coming from an honest point. >> the war on poverty 50 years later. >> last thing you expect to interrupt your grocery shopping right here. >> i thought he was going to stop but he kept on driving through. >> you will learn who is behind the wheel. you will see that in a moment. >> plus matthew mcconaughey injecting faith in hollywood's glamous night. >> first of all i want to thank god. i look up to it him. he graced my life with opportunities that are not of my hand or other human hand
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. >> you have to move in that direct overtime, we have large budget deficits, when we moe out to 2018, baby boomers begin to retire if great numbees. lou: why are the republicans having a har time remembering that it is about reding will le of spending here? why i that difficult in that document that he put out there, in my opinion, could have come from the obama white house. >> mm-hmm, that is -- how do you curb spending overtime, that is politically unpopular there is the problem. when you talk about changing tax code, peoe are not go many are not going to are having happy, if they lose tax deductibility of for municipalonds. lou: i think ts document wil reside to the sidelines, at the very best. lou: there is really no escaping retal. >> hunl demands toe made of fedel government not too many years from now. lou: john lonski thank you, we apprecte >> new reports city nationwide are doing away with red light cameras. among concerns about the red lights, what they really amount to, their worth. their invasiveness, what they increase traffic accidents. usage of these cameras has fallen
. >> you have to move in that direct overtime, we have large budget deficits, when we moe out to 2018, baby boomers begin to retire if great numbees. lou: why are the republicans having a har time remembering that it is about reding will le of spending here? why i that difficult in that document that he put out there, in my opinion, could have come from the obama white house. >> mm-hmm, that is -- how do you curb spending overtime, that is politically unpopular there is the problem....
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the deficit because it's not about the deficit it was never about the deficit it's ideological it's about undoing the new deal exactly and do doing any progressive games and until they achieve those ends you'll keep hearing the deficit hawks come up and use that as an excuse for that yeah hopefully hopefully people will realize now that the deficit stuff is just a nonsense to be good enough to be a myth. all right more of tonight's big picture politics panel right after the break. to. see. if. we welcome aaron eight and abby martin to be terrific hosts on the our team network . it's going to give you a different perspective give me one stock tip i'll never i'll give you the information you make the decision don't worry about it i'll bring you the sub work of the mind it's a revolution of ideas and consciousness. with the system extremely all if you would be described as angry i think in a strong. single. live . live. live . live. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. welcome back with me for tonight's big picture politics panel are sam sax and ben cohen guys let's g
the deficit because it's not about the deficit it was never about the deficit it's ideological it's about undoing the new deal exactly and do doing any progressive games and until they achieve those ends you'll keep hearing the deficit hawks come up and use that as an excuse for that yeah hopefully hopefully people will realize now that the deficit stuff is just a nonsense to be good enough to be a myth. all right more of tonight's big picture politics panel right after the break. to. see. if....
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the deficit because it's not about the deficit it was never about the deficit it's ideological it's about undoing the new deal exactly and do doing any progressive big. till they achieve those ends you'll keep hearing the deficit hawks come up and use that as an excuse for that and yeah hopefully hopefully people will realize now that the deficit stuff is just a nonsense to be good enough to beat them at all right more of tonight's big picture politics panel right after the break. got a code for years that's pretty tough. stay with substory. but if this guy like you would smear that guy stead of working for the people most issues the mainstream media are working for each other bribe writers vision to find . a good writer. if it was a. very hard to take. once again to come on here there's a play by patton that had sex with her thick hair cut this. if it was safe. safe. if . welcome back with me for tonight's big picture politics panel our sam sax and ben cohen guys let's get back to it all right tomorrow is primary day in texas and for the first time in a while democrats actually hav
the deficit because it's not about the deficit it was never about the deficit it's ideological it's about undoing the new deal exactly and do doing any progressive big. till they achieve those ends you'll keep hearing the deficit hawks come up and use that as an excuse for that and yeah hopefully hopefully people will realize now that the deficit stuff is just a nonsense to be good enough to beat them at all right more of tonight's big picture politics panel right after the break. got a code...
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deficit --cting a last year's deficit was $680 billion. that was the first time in four years it was under a trillion. this year's deficit he rejects -- he projects it will be six or $49 billion and dropped to $564 billion. it does not deal with social security, medicare, medicaid programs that are growing me fastest. -- growing the fastest. the chained cpi reduction which year, on the table last something republicans have supported, he offered it only if republicans would agree to increase taxes on the wealthy. it is part of the grand bargain that washington has talked about for years. republicans do not want to go there. from thatled back issue. -- chairmanans have ryan has gone farther in the entitlement area, but it is ,ifficult for the president with his democratic base so type ofto any entitlement reform, unless they see higher taxes on the wealthy. we are in a standoff. spending? about what does he want to spend money on to try to grow the economy? package -- hes a has called it the opportunity growth and security fund. it would hit
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generations without leaving them a mountain of debt. >> woodruff: the 2015 deficit would decline, to $560 billion, but republicans today said the red ink, spending hikes and tax increases mean the plan is dead on arrival. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> rather than put together a constructive blueprint the two parties could use as a jumping off point, to get our economy moving and our fiscal house in order, the president has once again opted for the political stunt for a budget that's more about firing up the base in an election year than about solving the nation's biggest and most persistent long-term challenges >> woodruff: congressman paul ryan, the house budget chair, likewise called the obama plan a disappointment. in a statement, he said: >> woodruff: ryan offered an extensive critique yesterday of federal anti-poverty efforts. he's expected to release a republican budget proposal in the coming weeks. >> woodruff: some of the more notable pieces of the president's proposal, and expected to show up in the republican alternative, are the different approaches to poverty
generations without leaving them a mountain of debt. >> woodruff: the 2015 deficit would decline, to $560 billion, but republicans today said the red ink, spending hikes and tax increases mean the plan is dead on arrival. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> rather than put together a constructive blueprint the two parties could use as a jumping off point, to get our economy moving and our fiscal house in order, the president has once again opted for the political stunt for a...
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they are providing so much money to reduce the deficit. you have a triumvirate of forces reducing the deficit from the outside. then he may, freddie mac, and jpmorgan. i thought -- i think that may continue for a while. cyber security -- you will hear a lot about that. the chances of more data breaches this year are 100%. there will be more and probably will be more as we are sitting here this morning. the chances of a bill are pretty dim. you get the sense that everywhere you look the legislative agenda is looking pretty meager. i don't totally rule out a bill that eric cantor and others are talking about giving tax incentives to companies that hire and train young workers. there could be something like that but i think there will not the a lot. one final thing i want to throw out -- a theme of mine that i have been talking about for the last two or three months -- it leaves me puzzled. here we have an economy that grew in the second half by 3.5% or something like that. that was a rise in gdp and was not all inventory accumulation. inre w
they are providing so much money to reduce the deficit. you have a triumvirate of forces reducing the deficit from the outside. then he may, freddie mac, and jpmorgan. i thought -- i think that may continue for a while. cyber security -- you will hear a lot about that. the chances of more data breaches this year are 100%. there will be more and probably will be more as we are sitting here this morning. the chances of a bill are pretty dim. you get the sense that everywhere you look the...
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here we see a budget deficit falling sharply. i'll pick on the cbo since everybody picks on the cbo. i thought their receipt estimates for next two or three years were a little stingy, but no matter how you slice it the deficit as percentage of gdp is headed below 3% in the next year or two. you see all this good news. yet no one in this city wants to acknowledge it or take credit for it. it is damnest thing i ever have seen. let me fin wish a comment on three sources in this city that seem unwilling to acknowledge the fact that things have gotten better. you have to ask the question, could this be a self-fulfilling prophecy? first and foremost, not surprisingly is the media. i have some friend here in the press but media feels you can sell more newspapers and get better ratings when you talk about the negative. during the holidays, my blood pressure spiked about 20 points. i saw two stories talking about the recession as if it were still underway. well, for christ's sake the recession ended in june of 09 yet you still hear in th
here we see a budget deficit falling sharply. i'll pick on the cbo since everybody picks on the cbo. i thought their receipt estimates for next two or three years were a little stingy, but no matter how you slice it the deficit as percentage of gdp is headed below 3% in the next year or two. you see all this good news. yet no one in this city wants to acknowledge it or take credit for it. it is damnest thing i ever have seen. let me fin wish a comment on three sources in this city that seem...
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loophole we can create jobs and grow the economy and expand opportunity without adding a dime to the deficit. >> house budget chairman paul ryan already come out swinging against the plan. yet another disappointment and added the president has three years left in his administration and seems determined to do nothing about our fiscal challenges. that's paul ryan. this budget isn't a serious document he says. will this budget proposal help flagging republican opinion of president obama's track record. we turn now to financeer and former treasury official and cnbc economic analyst steve radener. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> i wanted to start out with your gut reactions to this. is it the expanded credit for low income workers? >> this is a policy statement of what he believes should happen in the budget, more spending on things like the earned income tax credit which is today's headline but also things like infrastructure and pressing needs. he wanted to put out what he believes in and indeed what the democrats believe in in advance of mid-term elections. >> you have a
loophole we can create jobs and grow the economy and expand opportunity without adding a dime to the deficit. >> house budget chairman paul ryan already come out swinging against the plan. yet another disappointment and added the president has three years left in his administration and seems determined to do nothing about our fiscal challenges. that's paul ryan. this budget isn't a serious document he says. will this budget proposal help flagging republican opinion of president obama's...
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, could be described as a party that talks about saving money all the time and being concerned with deficits and being totally driven by that but not being concerned in saving money when people are in jail for marijuana and mandatory minimums that judges have said were awful and for nonviolent first time offenders serving lifetime sentences in jail costing us $30,000 a year. >> comcast is running this ad in new jersey where medical marijuana is legal. >> yo, you want sushi? i got sushi. i got tuna, salmon, sweet shrimp. i got the finest this area has seen in years. >> you wouldn't buy your sushi from this guy so why would you buy your marijuana from him? >> did i mention that it's national pancake day. marijuana, pancakes, sushi. >>> benjamin netanyahu stirred up controversial and joining me to talk, comedian and "daily beast" columnist and friend of the show, dean ovadala. let's start with pot. marijuana has been huge this year and the pot jokes are a gold mine, i'm sure, for your profession as a political comedian. >> on some level it is but i think we've jumped the shark on pot. when pat
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so when we think about methamphetamine, think about adderall, adderall is an attention deficit disorder drug that college students take. same drug, nobody's talking about -- >> it's not the same drug. >> it's the exact same drug. the only difference is that methamphetamine has a methyl group attached to it. but we did a study in which we -- along with other people, in which we tested the effects of a drug liked a ral compared to methamphetamine, they produced identical effects. they are almost identical chemically in terms of the chemical structure. they're the same effect. so we have these wildly different narratives surrounding these drugs. and that's what i'm trying to do. i'm trying to stop the hysteria so we don't make the same mistakes. >> we have put the rest of my extended interview on our web si site. it's something we want to do more with. you should watch the whole thing if you have a chance. >>> meanwhile, an absolute contemptible outrage today in washington that almost no one is talking about. we're going to talk about it next. tartar protection rinse. the only rinse that h
so when we think about methamphetamine, think about adderall, adderall is an attention deficit disorder drug that college students take. same drug, nobody's talking about -- >> it's not the same drug. >> it's the exact same drug. the only difference is that methamphetamine has a methyl group attached to it. but we did a study in which we -- along with other people, in which we tested the effects of a drug liked a ral compared to methamphetamine, they produced identical effects. they...
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we've cut a lot of money, in part, due to the sequester, and it's led to lowering and lowering the deficit. if you put that in the context of what the budget proposal suggests, it's only a modest increase in spend, talking about 56 billion, like you mentioned, split between defense, nondefense, and it's paid for. we established that the budget agreed to by patty murray and paul ryan, those spending levels stay in place, and you'll use a few other tax hike is to par for $56 billion to relieve s sequestrati sequestration. we have a piece coming up that shows nih will be funded at 30.2 billion. that, in real term money, equivalent to the level that george w. bush funded nih in 2002. we're not making people whole. we're lagging pretty badly. but as if you were to look at what republicans are saying, this is the most reckless spending possible. >> sam, on that note, the president say, our budge it is about choices, about values and this is expected to go nowhere, it's a moral document in the most sort of clear fashion from the white house. at the same time, you know, the president puts this out
we've cut a lot of money, in part, due to the sequester, and it's led to lowering and lowering the deficit. if you put that in the context of what the budget proposal suggests, it's only a modest increase in spend, talking about 56 billion, like you mentioned, split between defense, nondefense, and it's paid for. we established that the budget agreed to by patty murray and paul ryan, those spending levels stay in place, and you'll use a few other tax hike is to par for $56 billion to relieve s...
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the president is going to miss an opportunity to deal with the debt and deficit and entitlement reform and all of those things. this president likes his government super sized. this budget will never balance. and i think the president wants taxpayers to pay more so that washington can spend more >> what i read is he is asking for million in new spending. does that go anywhere? >> i don't think it does. last time he had a budget, not even any of the democrats voted for it. his policies make it harder to get back to work. >> $17.4 trillion is the debt clock. that is ridiculous. in three years from now, you will be $19 trillion? how is that acceptable to anybody? trying balance a book in washington, d.c. >> what we will see is the fastest growing part of the budget is interest on the debt. the president added $6.9 trillion in the debt. this continues to be a driving issue for the country. you know, we are not going to be able to sustain the safety net with this debt and interest. >> i think the viewers get it, too. what other republican options do we have? >> the options are to say let's
the president is going to miss an opportunity to deal with the debt and deficit and entitlement reform and all of those things. this president likes his government super sized. this budget will never balance. and i think the president wants taxpayers to pay more so that washington can spend more >> what i read is he is asking for million in new spending. does that go anywhere? >> i don't think it does. last time he had a budget, not even any of the democrats voted for it. his...
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by taking that out, they will lose 230 billion or so in deficit reduction. already we know one of the ways will be assuming the senate passes and immigration overall. go much does that cost you these are the kinds of things we will be looking for. perhaps the least effective budgets we have seen in years because congress are it has a toplines appropriations number for this year. they are are ready holding hearings. this is entitlement overhaul out of the midterm. how is the budget actually released today, and to are the surrogates that the white house is sending to capitol hill over the next coming days to talk about the president spending plan? 11:30.we will see it at it used to be they handed out copies to the press but that has been curtailed. theave been told that historical perspective volume, usually an interesting economic here this week, will have the main budget all human independent, they will be available at 11:30 and then a noontime press conference. andell from west virginia pretty much well-liked on all sides of the aisle will be going to the h
by taking that out, they will lose 230 billion or so in deficit reduction. already we know one of the ways will be assuming the senate passes and immigration overall. go much does that cost you these are the kinds of things we will be looking for. perhaps the least effective budgets we have seen in years because congress are it has a toplines appropriations number for this year. they are are ready holding hearings. this is entitlement overhaul out of the midterm. how is the budget actually...
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so, a year in review, in terms of deficit reductions. when the budget came out last year, it was predicted $1.1 trillion. it was 680 in the end. about a $400 billion deficit reduction from 2012 to 2013. then, we have a situation where i think hopefully we've broken the fever on the issues of having conversations about default. >> money that's overseas. are there efforts to bring money overseas permanently back to the states? >> it depends on how one is talking about that. we want to create a system that is clear and that is helpful for our companies to know what they're doing, how they're doing. and not discourage investments from coming back and finances from coming back to the u.s. >> tell me about going from bettenville, arkansas, in the private sector, back to the government. >> walmart is an institution of execution. that is what it is certainly known for. and fortunate to spend time and to be there. coming back to the federal government, certainly, as you reflected, one has to work and work on both sides of the aisle. i go up and d
so, a year in review, in terms of deficit reductions. when the budget came out last year, it was predicted $1.1 trillion. it was 680 in the end. about a $400 billion deficit reduction from 2012 to 2013. then, we have a situation where i think hopefully we've broken the fever on the issues of having conversations about default. >> money that's overseas. are there efforts to bring money overseas permanently back to the states? >> it depends on how one is talking about that. we want to...
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we just lost $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction from last year's baseline to this year's baseline because of slower growth projections. we need to start getting people back to work. this tax reform, lowering tax rates one of the best ideas. just because we have a president that believes in tax redistribution and class warfare doesn't mean we shouldn't say what we think is the right way to go. >> let me ask you as an investor and capitalist and entrepreneur in this country about an idea that i think your party floated that i am really concerned about. you want to tax me 10% surcharge on my income over 450,000 and apply common income taxation to capital gains. that i can ensure you is a bad idea. i speak on behalf of everybody that puts capital in harms way to create businesses. bad idea. i hope you are not going to push that forward. >> i don't want to do things like this but when we are dealing with the code we have and trying to replace it with revenue neutral code we have to do broadening. we are talking about lowering rates across the board. i think you are talking about private equity
we just lost $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction from last year's baseline to this year's baseline because of slower growth projections. we need to start getting people back to work. this tax reform, lowering tax rates one of the best ideas. just because we have a president that believes in tax redistribution and class warfare doesn't mean we shouldn't say what we think is the right way to go. >> let me ask you as an investor and capitalist and entrepreneur in this country about an idea...
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he cuts the military greatly in my opinion not for deficit reduction but for more domestic spending. it just shows the priorities have moved farther to the left and the point i'm trying to make here we have three years left of this administration and we have divided government. normally in a situation like that you would try to fine common ground, work forward common ground. he's moving away from that and tacked hard to the left. yes you could say that's because we're in an election year and that may be why. it's happening nevertheless. i don't know the reasons but he's moving to the left and it makes it hard to bridge to the gap. >> democrats will say they have tried to extend a hand and have not been reciprocated. >> we have a budget agreement. i want to see us build on that success. >> give me a preview of what the paul ryan budget will look like. in years past a lot of the saving have come from overhauling medicare and medicaid. are those proposals include in the paul ryan 2015 budget. >> those programs are going bankrupt and need to be restored, need to be solvent believe these
he cuts the military greatly in my opinion not for deficit reduction but for more domestic spending. it just shows the priorities have moved farther to the left and the point i'm trying to make here we have three years left of this administration and we have divided government. normally in a situation like that you would try to fine common ground, work forward common ground. he's moving away from that and tacked hard to the left. yes you could say that's because we're in an election year and...
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you've used it to reduce the deficit. are you going to do that again in your budget in light of all of the attacks that have come onto medicare advantage cuts? >> sure, a couple of things. chain cpi was the president's idea. we never included that. we thought there were better ways to go. it was never a policy we were enamored with. medicare advantage, we have put things in our budget to address the medicare problem. reserve funds to fix medicare advantage, and we've put some of that money from the medicare cuts that pay for obamacare back into the advantage care system. we've always believed in doing that. you take two years toth, and it's a double-digit cut to medicare advantage, which means high premiums for those folks, or just loss of benefits, or we're worried about withdrawing from communities. so i do believe you need to -- you need to fix the medicare advantage problem. and we have proposed that in the past budgets. so you'll see us address that in our budget like we have each of the last few years. the thing tha
you've used it to reduce the deficit. are you going to do that again in your budget in light of all of the attacks that have come onto medicare advantage cuts? >> sure, a couple of things. chain cpi was the president's idea. we never included that. we thought there were better ways to go. it was never a policy we were enamored with. medicare advantage, we have put things in our budget to address the medicare problem. reserve funds to fix medicare advantage, and we've put some of that...
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>> oh, no, i think we realize that the deficit is going down. who wouldn't hope for that? we hope for it. it's working. but any time you look at what they're doing, it's all short term. the stuff that's going to eat our lunch is 10,000 people a day turning 65. you've got a system that was set up of social security that you won't even address the insolvency of it for 75 years. health care is on automatic pilot. forget what you call it. it's time to deal with the long-term stuff before interest goes from where it is now to back to historical heights and then watch people grab their socks and run for blocks. >> is there anything you think can be done considering that it probably won't be implemented until after the november 2014 midterms? >> anything that will be done will be done down the road. that's what's wrong with the health care plan. whatever it is is all the correction process is down the road, way ahead. and it's like a dock fix. you're going to do another dock fix and they will run in. you're going to do anything. whatever you do, whether it's tort reform or real e
>> oh, no, i think we realize that the deficit is going down. who wouldn't hope for that? we hope for it. it's working. but any time you look at what they're doing, it's all short term. the stuff that's going to eat our lunch is 10,000 people a day turning 65. you've got a system that was set up of social security that you won't even address the insolvency of it for 75 years. health care is on automatic pilot. forget what you call it. it's time to deal with the long-term stuff before...